Ascend Surgical Alliance
Dr. Wanda Good
Her general surgery practice specializes in metabolic disease, acid reflux, and endoscopy, treated as physiology rather than willpower. She cares for the whole patient, so evaluation looks at how metabolic and digestive health connect rather than at one symptom alone.
The name
Why Ascend Surgical Alliance
Ascend
This work is about lifting people up, not fixing something broken. The goal is to understand the physiology behind your symptoms and give you a path forward.
Surgical
Surgery is part of what Dr. Good does, but it is not the whole practice. A great deal of the care she provides is endoscopic: procedures done through a scope, with no incision.
Alliance
Alliance refers to working in collaboration with your care team, including but not limited to your primary care provider, surgical or medical specialists, mental health professionals, and anyone else you value as part of your care team.
Her background
Dr. Good's path
Dr. Good combines empathy, compassion, and a medically comprehensive approach. She treats patients as individuals across the entire course of care, before surgery, during it, and long after, and she keeps bringing new technology into the practice as it proves itself.
She is a Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine and a general surgeon with additional fellowship training in Advanced Robotic, Bariatric and Anti-Reflux Surgery, as well as endoscopic evaluation and bariatric procedures.
Dr. Good has performed nearly 2,000 robotic procedures, and since 2014 has trained other surgeons on the robotic platform as a proctor for Intuitive Surgical.
Dr. Good speaks advanced Spanish. She spent time abroad in Spain studying at La Universidad de Sevilla, and it was the people and the everyday life there, not only the coursework, that carried her to the advanced level she speaks at now. The part she values most is what it makes possible: sitting with Spanish speaking patients and their families in their own language, so they can describe what they are feeling in the words that come easiest to them.
She currently practices in Denver, and she performs metabolic and bariatric surgery at The Center for Bariatric Surgery at AdventHealth Parker. An accredited center of excellence through the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program of the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery and the American College of Surgeons.
She is a member of SAGES, ASMBS, and the American Foregut Society, along with multiple osteopathic medical societies.
She started Ascend Surgical Alliance because she wanted to care for people the way she would want her own family cared for: with a full explanation of what is happening, a clear sense of the options, and no judgment. She believes metabolic disease is physiology, not willpower. The number on the scale is not the goal. The goal is to treat the cause.
Reflux care matters to her as much as metabolic care. She evaluates each patient for both, because the right treatment depends on the full picture.
Our process
How we work
Evaluation first
Before we talk about any treatment, we do a thorough evaluation. That includes your history, your symptoms, and the right testing to find the cause.
You decide
Dr. Good explains the options in plain language. You choose the path that fits your goals. No pressure, no one-size-fits-all plan.
Your provider stays informed
If you were referred, Dr. Good sends your primary care team her findings and recommendations. They stay your medical home. She is a partner in the care, not a replacement. She joins the care team for a defined period.
Ready to start?
The first step is a conversation. Tell us what is going on and we will help you find the cause.
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